Habitat 67

Safadie Architects, Montréal, Kanda, 1967

Scale: 1:500
Materials: acrylic
Type: graphical
Detail: 2/7
Student: Lena Durdic, HS25

A 1:500 study model of Habitat 67 by Safdie Architects, constructed entirely from laser-cut acrylic blocks in clear, teal, navy, and grey tones stacked and offset to reproduce the building's cascading modular housing composition. The color differentiation between translucent and opaque blocks foregrounds the interlocking-unit typology and terrace logic of the megastructure without resolving individual openings or surface details. At this scale, the model serves as a volumetric study, conveying the overall massing strategy and the repetition of prefabricated units.

How it's made — RAPLAB

Laser cutter — tutorial ↗
PDF export for laser cutting — tutorial ↗
Digital Workshop ↗